The Eastman Business Park has 35 companies, including Eastman Kodak Co., and 6,000 employees.

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The deal struck in Albany this week regarding the Eastman Business Park will make the sprawling facility much more attractive to new tenants and an overall buyer, local officials said Thursday.

"They got this one right," said Mark Peterson, president and CEO of Greater Rochester Enterprise, the region's leading economic development non-profit. "I give all credit to the governor and Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy."

The key to the deal, Peterson said, is the creation of a $49 million environmental fund, paid for by Eastman Kodak Co. and managed by the state, that targets dollars to remediate many of the ...